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Iran’s presidential runoff set between moderate and hard-liner

Iran is set for a runoff presidential election on July 5 after no candidate secured the necessary majority in the initial vote. The contest is between Masoud Pezeshkian, a ...
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Mother of Slain Iranian Protester Physically Assaulted in Prison

Mona Bakhtiari, whose brother Pouya Bakhtiari was killed during the 2019 protests, says her mother has been physically assaulted in prison. "Today I came from visiting my mother, and ...
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Who Is Masoud Pezeshkian?

With no candidate securing a majority in the June 28 presidential election, necessitated after Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash last month, Iran will vote again on July ...
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No matter who becomes Iran’s next president, much hinges on ‘Great Satan’ US

In the waning moments of Iran’s final televised presidential debate, one of the top candidates to replace the late hardline president Ebrahim Raisi invoked the name of the one ...
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the shadowy wing of the IRGC rigging Iran’s presidential vote

Britain should sanction a shadowy wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps responsible for rigging Iran’s elections, a new report has argued. Research from the United Against Nuclear Iran ...
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Who in Iran seeks the presidency after Raisi’s death?

Iranians will choose between mostly hardline candidates in an early presidential election on Friday following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. Only six candidates from over ...
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